Where does “ya” come from?
ya (Volapük) comes from Spanish ya, from Old Spanish ya, from Latin iam, from Proto-Indo-European Hyā́m.
ya (Volapük): already
Ancestry of “ya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ya | now; already, yet; in the near future; soon |
| 2 | Old Spanish | ya | — |
| 3 | Latin | iam | already; now; anymore |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyā́m | — |